Technology Watermark Protection strategy Product authentication Type Overt feature System Printing technology Medium Secondary packaging Authentication/Identificaton Authentication Traceability No Cost Price on request Required equipment none Vertification level Pharmacist; User N.B. Description A watermark is a recognizable image or pattern in paper that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed by transmitted light. It is caused by thickness or density variations in the paper. There are two main ways of producing watermarks in paper; the dandy roll process, and the more complex cylinder mold process. Strengths Low cost; Can deter simple attempts at counterfeiting (such as photocopying); Easily verifiable by transparency; Limitations Easily mimicked (not perfectly copied but similar); Box can be refilled or re-used; May give false assurance; Links:
Technology Watermark
Protection strategy Product authentication
Type Overt feature
System Printing technology
Medium Secondary packaging
Authentication/Identificaton Authentication
Traceability No
Cost Price on request
Required equipment none
Vertification level Pharmacist; User
N.B.
Description A watermark is a recognizable image or pattern in paper that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed by transmitted light. It is caused by thickness or density variations in the paper. There are two main ways of producing watermarks in paper; the dandy roll process, and the more complex cylinder mold process.
Strengths Low cost; Can deter simple attempts at counterfeiting (such as photocopying); Easily verifiable by transparency;
Limitations Easily mimicked (not perfectly copied but similar); Box can be refilled or re-used; May give false assurance;
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Technology Watermark
Protection strategy Product authentication
Type Overt feature
System Printing technology
Medium Secondary packaging
Authentication/Identificaton Authentication
Traceability No
Cost Price on request
Required equipment none
Vertification level Pharmacist; User
N.B.
| Description | A watermark is a recognizable image or pattern in paper that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed by transmitted light. It is caused by thickness or density variations in the paper. There are two main ways of producing watermarks in paper; the dandy roll process, and the more complex cylinder mold process. |
| Strengths | Low cost; Can deter simple attempts at counterfeiting (such as photocopying); Easily verifiable by transparency; |
| Limitations | Easily mimicked (not perfectly copied but similar); Box can be refilled or re-used; May give false assurance; |
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